Now, the grapevines are abuzz that Jolie has sold a rare painting that was gifted to her by ex-husband Brad Pitt.

The painting was sold by the Jolie Family Collection. A historic painting that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt bought during their marriage is expected to fetch between 2.1 million to 3.4 million at auction next month. Angelina Jolie and ex-husband Brad Pitt’s separation came as a shock to their fans and it seems the Maleficent actress does not plan on clinging to the memories from her past marriage. They were declared divorced in 2019 after their lawyers asked for a bifurcated judgment, meaning that two married people can be declared single while other issues, including finances and child custody, remain. The couple separated in 2016 and have spent years enmeshed in divorce proceedings, amid speculation about the division of their extensive art collection. The painting was sold by Roosevelt’s son after the president’s death in 1945, and had several owners before Jolie and partner Brad Pitt bought it in 2011. It can be viewed during 'The Art of Diplomacy. Churchill gave the painting to Roosevelt as a memento of the trip. Brad Pitt talks about his Winston Churchill painting titled 'A View of Katubia Mosque' on loan to the Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta. The two leaders visited Marrakech after the conference so that Churchill could show Roosevelt the city’s beauty. Roosevelt planned the defeat of Nazi Germany. The only painting that Britain’s wartime prime minister completed during the 1939-45 conflict, it was completed after the January 1943 Casablanca Conference, where Churchill and U.S. It had been hidden away in her stepfather’s closet for nearly 50 years without anyone knowing what a treasure they had sequestered in their home.The image of the 12th-century mosque in Marrakech at sunset, with the Atlas Mountains in the background, is a piece of both political and Hollywood history. Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque topped out at 11.5 million by the time the dust settled, far exceeding the estimated 3.4 million selling figure. The sale price was almost four times the top pre-sale. The Winston Churchill painting that went to auction courtesy of Angelina Jolie stirred a fiery competition that resulted in an expectations-shattering high bid. Apparently, the owner had inherited it when her stepfather passed. A painting by former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, which was owned by Angelina Jolie, has sold for £7m at auction in London. And I think this is probably his most important work. The record price at auction for Churchill is about 1.8 million (pounds) for a painting that, in my view, is not as important as this, he said, according to AP.

Roosevelt that is a piece of both political and Hollywood history. According to AP, Orchard said the auction house hoped the painting would set a new record for a Churchill work. Brad Pitt reportedly bought the painting from New Orleans-based antiques dealer Bill Rau, who told Architectural Digest, 'We were first notified about this spectacular oil on canvas by Winston Churchill by a local dealer. Angelina Jolie is selling a painting by Winston Churchill gifted to Franklin D. This painting was then gifted to the President, so the names of its owners are quite illustrious. The painting is titled Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque and is one of very few completed by Churchill during war time, having been painted in 1943 while visiting Marrakech in Morocco with President Roosevelt for the Casablanca Conference, a key moment in WWII.

To add to this the seller was none other than Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who was gifted the work by her ex-husband Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt talks about his Winston Churchill painting titled 'A View of Katubia Mosque' on loan to the Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta. However, Winston Churchill has done just that, when one of his paintings sold at auction for $11.5 million, far exceeding the $3.5 million estimate. The art auction market is well used to seeing paintings by the likes of Monet, Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci far exceed their estimates and sell for record-breaking sums, but few would have expected a former British Prime Minister to join that club. They divorced in 2019 and the painting has now been sold at auction by the Jolie Family Collection.

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